12For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
13So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
14Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.
15Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
16So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.
17In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord.
18Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.
